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Annual Plants


Annual plants fall under two categories - hardy and half-hardy. Hardy annuals can be grown outdoors and will tolerate cooler tempratures, whereas the more tender half-hardy annuals need protection and must not be planted out until all risk of frost has passed. These delightful summer flowers add colour and interest to beds, borders, containers and hanging baskets. Use the selections in the left menu to select the right plants for your garden.



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Petunia 'Cascading Mixed'

We've done all the hard work for you - all you have to do with these pre-planted baskets is hang them up and water them! Filled with nutrient-rich compost and planted up with Petunia 'Cascading Mixed', these light and re-usable baskets are ready to go. These vibrant petunia flowers are produced in abundance from June right through to the first frosts of winter. You can just sit back and enjoy their colourful displays all summer long. Trails to: 60cm (24"). More info
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Sweet Pea 'Sugar n Spice'™

Lathyrus odoratus

  • Best in class for basket sweet peas
  • For best results - start early and plant in compost with added loam
This specially bred dwarf sweet pea is guaranteed to spice up your containers and baskets with its unmissable fragrance. Sweet Pea ‘Sugar n Spice’ comes in a spectacular colour range, including bicolours. The blooms are produced all along the short stems and from each leaf node, forming a ball of rich colour when planted in hanging baskets. The plants are naturally neat and compact so there is no need for pinching. Allow 15 plants per 35cm (14”) basket. Height and spread: 18cm (7”).

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How to grow sweet peas

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Sweet Pea 'Snoopea'

Lathyrus odoratus

  • Highly-scented ground cover sweet peas
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A superb dwarf sweet pea that carpets the ground with a kaleidoscope of colour and fragrance! These bushy plants make superb groundcover and unlike other non-climbing varieties, the plants of Sweet Pea ‘Snoopea’ have reduced tendrils so the plant remains neat and compact. This versatile variety is equally useful for basket, containers and window boxes. Height and spread: 30cm (12”).

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How to grow sweet peas

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Begonia semperflorens 'Organdy Mixed' F1 Hybrid

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  • Best in class for begonia semperflorens

A striking combination of a range of flower colours and contrasting rounded foliage in bronze and green. Begonia ‘Organdy’ Mixed F1 creates a fantastic array of blooms for a perfect display in the garden. These fabulous Begonia plants are drought and wet tolerant, thriving in all weather conditions. Superb in Flower Pouches® baskets, beds and containers. Height and spread: 20cm (8").



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Osteospermum 'Falling Stars'™ (Sunbrella)

African Daisy, Cape Daisy

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Grow the first cascading cape daisy for something really different this summer! This vigorous trailing variety of the African daisy comes in a sunshine blend of five vivid colours that will fill your baskets, window boxes and containers with colour. Famed for their long flowering period, these gorgeous Osteospermums are drought tolerant and simply love the sun. Height and spread: 45cm (18").
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Marigold 'Zenith Mixed'

Tagetes patula x erecta, Afro-French Marigold

The result of an Afro-French Hybrid, Marigold ‘Zenith’ produces masses of large, crested or carnation-like flowers, in a wide range of yellows, reds, oranges and bicolour shades. These vigorous, bushy plants have outstanding weather resistance making them ideal for planting en-masse creating the 'wow' factor in beds, borders or containers. Height and spread: 35cm (14in).

 

Culinary note: French Marigold flowers are edible.

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

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Rudbeckia hirta 'Cherry Brandy'

Coneflower, Black-eyed Susan

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  • Best in class for rudbeckias
  • Cut flowers last 2 weeks
  • T&M's own breeding

Thompson & Morgan’s plant breeders are proud to present the first-ever red rudbeckia! These robust plants have outstanding garden performance, producing a mass of attractive, cherry-coloured blooms all summer long. Triumphing over heat and poor soils, these versatile coneflowers look stunning when planted beds, large patio containers, or as sweeping drifts in herbaceous borders. Height: 60cm (24”). Spread: 40cm (16”).

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Ageratum houstonianum 'Blue Danube'

Floss Flower

  • Classic bedding annual
A large-flowered, vigorous variety of annual ageratum with powder-puff flower heads of soft, lavender blue. The fluffy, weather resistant blooms are particularly attractive to butterflies. With a dense, compact habit, Ageratum houstonianum ‘Blue Danube’ is perfect for adding texture and colour to bedding, borders and containers. Height: 20cm (8”). Spread: 25cm (10”).
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Verbena 'Quartz Mixed' F1 Hybrid

Glandularia, Vervain

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A carefully selected mix of early flowering, brightly coloured verbena with excellent mildew resistance that will guarantee a long lasting display. With a dwarf, spreading habit, Verbena ‘Quartz Mixed’ is invaluable for massing in beds, borders, window boxes and hanging baskets. Height: 25cm (10”). Spread: 30cm (12”).
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Salvia splendens 'Blaze of Fire'

Scarlet Sage, Salvia splendens 'Fireball'

  • Works well in patio pots
Plumes of brilliant scarlet flowers above neat, compact plants make this one of the most famous and striking summer annual bedding plants. Flowering early and continuing over a long period, Salvia ‘Blaze of Fire’ provides excellent value and bold impact in long lasting bedding displays, window boxes and containers. Height and spread: 30cm (12”).
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Antirrhinum majus 'Madame Butterfly' F1 Hybrid

Snapdragon

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Awarded an All American Selection medal for its unusual azalea-shaped snapdragon flowers. Antirrhinum ‘Madame Butterfly’ creates a riot of colour throughout summer. The unique, double snapdragon petals prevent insects from pollinating the flowers, so they last much longer than single-flowered varieties. Perfect for a long-lasting display in cottage garden beds, borders and containers. This award winning variety also makes a superb cut flower. Height: 65cm (26"). Spread: 45cm (18").

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Antirrhinum 'Candy Canes Mixed'

Snapdragon

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The first of a new generation of high quality, fragrant snapdragons, in a flamboyant contemporary colour range. Tried and tested, Antirrhinum ‘Candy Canes’ Mixed is ideal for adding a bright splash of colour to cottage garden borders, and won’t disappoint as a cut flower either. Height: 35cm (18”). Spread: 35cm (14”).

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Gazania 'Tiger' Mixed

Treasure Flower

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A stunning blend of daisy like flowers in shades of yellow, rose, bronze and cream, with an attractive contrasting stripe on every bloom. This undemanding, free flowering bedding plant blooms all summer long, making it a firm favourite with T&M customers. Gazania ‘Tiger Stripes’ is ideal for adding long lasting colour to summer bedding schemes and patio containers. It will even tolerate windy coastal positions. Height: 20cm (8”). Spread: 20cm (8”).

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Dianthus barbatus 'Green Trick'

Sweet William, Dianthus barbatus 'Temarisou', Carnation 'Green Trick'

  • NEW in 2012
  • Eye-catching carnations lasting 4-6 weeks as a cut flower
  • Perfect for containers
Dianthus 'Green Trick' is going down a storm in the Dutch cut flower auctions, and is set to be a favourite for modern wedding bouquets. The extraordinary pompom shaped, green flowers are 5cm (2”) wide and last an incredible 4 to 6 weeks in a vase. This modern relative of the ever popular Sweet William performs superbly and flowers within just 8 weeks of planting. Often grown as a biennial, this short lived perennial is ideal for cottage garden borders, beds and containers. Height: 45cm (18”). Spread: 30cm (12”).

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

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Heliotrope 'Cherry Delight'

Heliotropium arborescens, Cherry Pie, Heliotropium peruvianum

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  • Resilient, drought-tolerant plants
  • Resilient, drought tolerant plants
Delight the senses with the intense, cherry and vanilla-like scent and large violet-blue flower clusters of Heliotrope ‘Cherry Delight’. Superb for creating colourful, fragrant bedding schemes or try planting heliotrope in summer pots on the patio where it can be enjoyed at close quarters. Although perennial in its native Peruvian habitat, Heliotrope is best grown as an annual in the UK as it will not survive our winters outdoors. Height: 30cm (12”). Spread: 35cm (14”).
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Mesembryanthemum 'Magic Carpet Mixed'

Dorotheanthus bellidiformis, Livingstone Daisy, Ice Plant

  • Easy ground cover
Thriving in hot conditions, Mesembryanthemum ‘Magic Carpet Mixed’ simply loves poor, dry soils where most other plants would fail. These drought tolerant Livingstone Daisies are perfect for planting on sunny banks and borders where they will quickly knit together to form a rich carpet of colour. You can even try them in a low maintenance hanging basket where they'll only need watering now and then. Height: 10cm (4”). Spread: 30cm (12”).
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Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens' - Part of the Alan Titchmarsh Collection

Honeywort

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This unusual little plant is one of my garden favourites; and you can always track it down in the garden by listening for the sound of buzzing bees. It's easy to grow too; at home in most soils and producing sprays of electric-blue, metallic blooms, which ‘drip’ with purple florets. Cerinthe major ‘Purpurascens’ is a real stunner. And if you want to impress your neighbours, this will certainly give them something to talk about. Height: 60cm (24"). Spread: 45cm (18").
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Begonia 'Patio Apricot Shades'

  • NEW in 2013
Begonia ‘Patio Apricot Shades’ is equally good as our best selling trailing version. With the same weather resistant blooms and fabulous flower power, this specially selected patio variety has a more upright habit making it better suited to patio containers. Perfect for brightening up your patio this summer in sun or shade, come rain or shine. Height: 30cm (12"). Spread: 35cm (14").

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

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Cornflower 'The Bride'

Amberboa moschata, Centaurea moschata, Sweet Sultan

  • NEW in 2013
  • Giant cornflowers with fragrance
Amberboa ‘The Bride’ is an easy to grow annual with large, sweetly scented flowers in purest white. This stunning white cornflower is perfect for cutting and makes a lovely plant for filling gaps in summer borders. Height: 60cm (24"). Spread: 30cm (12").
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Poppy 'Angels Choir Mixed'

Papaver rhoeas, Corn Poppy, Field Poppy, Flanders Poppy

  • NEW in 2013
  • Winner of a Fleuroselect Quality Mark
It took 10 years of painstaking breeding to create these lovely corn poppies - but it was well worth the wait! Hairy stems carry double flowers with delicate silky petals, in a beautiful range of soft pastel shades. Like its wild field poppy cousins, this superb hardy annual will thrive in any cultivated soil, setting seed in late summer to produce lots of seedlings for the following year. Poppy 'Angels Choir Mixed' also makes a pretty, though short lived, cut flower if picked early in the morning. Height: 75cm (30"). Spread: 30cm (12").
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Verbena 'Candy Cane' - Part of the Alan Titchmarsh Collection

Glandularia, Vervain

 
  • NEW in 2013
Drought-resistant and great for attracting bees and butterflies to the garden, this lovely Verbena ‘Candy Cane’ makes a carefree and colourful annual for pots as well as bedding. Verbena often don't get the admiration they deserve, so give them a go! You won't regret it, mark my words. Height: 25cm (10"). Spread: 40cm (16").
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Nasturtium 'Fruit Salad'

Tropaeolum, Indian Cress

  • Finalist of Plant of the Year 2013 - RHS Chelsea Flower Show
  • NEW in 2013
A nasturtium with some restraint! Some 12 years of careful breeding have gone into this exceptional variety after a customer sent Thompson & Morgan an unusual nasturtium with serrated petals. Much more compact than the average annual nasturtium - and generally 'better behaved' in the garden, this is the first bicolour nasturtium with serrated petals. Bred to be sterile, the plants bloom for a much longer time than any other nasturtium and the spectacular bicolour blooms are uniquely perfumed with a lovely sweet and spicy fragrance. Nasturtium 'Fruit Salad' is perfect for hanging baskets or pots and is not currently available from seed! Height: 30cm (12"). Spread: 60cm (24").

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Thompson & Morgan scoops top award with Nasturtium 'Fruit Salad'
Read more on our blog: Another Plant of the Year award for T&M?

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Antirrhinum majus 'Royal Bride'

Snapdragon

  • NEW in 2013
The first of a new generation of fragrant snapdragons. This tall annual bears large, majestic spires of fragrant, pure white snapdragon flowers that are perfect for cutting. Antirrhinum ‘Royal Bride’ makes a lovely addition to cottage gardens or white themed borders where it will easily fill gaps between your perennials, blooming from June to September. Height: 90cm (35"). Spread: 45cm (18").
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Bacopa 'Snowtopia'

Sutera cordata

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  • NEW in 2013
Not every plant can be the star of the show! This pretty half hardy trailing plant is a valuable filler plant for a hanging baskets and containers. The tumbling, evergreen stems of Bacopa ‘Snowtopia’ bear a smothering of snow white flowers throughout summer, that keep baskets looking full of colour for longer. Height: 15cm (6"). Spread: 45cm (18").
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Dahlia 'Figaro Mixed'

  • NEW in 2013
Create a blaze of summer colour with this mixture of classic, dwarf bedding dahlias. The dazzling double and semi-double blooms of Dahlia ‘Figaro’ Mixed are produced on fast growing plants with a compact, bushy habit. Ideal for creating a colourful, long lasting display in beds, borders and containers. Height and spread: 30cm (12").
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Lobelia 'Monsoon'

  • NEW in 2013
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This trailing version of Lobelia ‘Crystal Palace’ produces a cascade of sapphire flowers - just the thing to brighten up your containers this summer. Masses of dazzling blue flowers sparkle against a backdrop of green foliage that takes on shades of bronze as the plants mature. Lobelia ‘Monsoon’ makes a fabulous trailing filler plant for mixed baskets, or let it tumble over low walls and rockeries for eye-catching ground cover. Height: 15cm (6"). Spread: 45cm (18").
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Zinnia marylandica 'Zahara Mixed'

  • NEW in 2013
  • This Zinnia loves the UK weather!
Possibly the best mixture of dwarf bedding zinnias available, with an exceptional garden performance. Enjoying hot dry conditions, but also thriving in wet British weather, this vividly colourful mix will flower all summer long. With good disease tolerance, Zinnia ‘Zahara Mixed’ is ideal for borders or containers. Height and spread: 45cm (18").
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Sunflower 'Inca Gold'

Helianthus

  • NEW in 2013

Try something different in your containers this summer that will really get the neighbours talking. This cheery little helianthus has lax, trailing stems and a multi-branching habit that billow from hanging baskets in a mass of small sunflower blooms. Sunflower ‘Inca Gold’ can also be grown as spreading groundcover at the front of informal summer borders. Height: 30cm (12"). Spread: 45cm (18").


Companion planting: Try growing sunflowers with chives to deter aphids.


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Companion Planting

Read Michael Perry's blog: Make a change to your plant choices - 2

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Cornflower

Centaurea cyanus, Blue-Bottle, Bachelor's Buttons, Wildflower

A much loved annual wildflower, also known as bachelor’s buttons or blue-bottle, producing bright blue blooms carried on long slender stems. These delicate flowers are highly attractive to bees and other beneficial insects and are produced in abundance from June to August. Grow cornflowers in beds and borders where their tall swaying stems will create an informal display, or use them as cut flowers for a vase indoors. Height: 80cm (31"). Spread: 30cm (12").
Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

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Petunia 'Crazytunia Cherry Cheesecake'

  • NEW in 2013
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The eye-catching cherry-red striped blooms of Petunia 'Crazytunia Cherry Cheesecake' really stand out from the crowd. This compact, upright petunia has a robust habit and superb weather resistance which ensures a brilliant performance throughout summer. Plant them in beds, containers and baskets for a magnificent display that will stop people in their tracks. Height: 25cm (10"). Spread: 30cm (12").

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